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2018-12-03 Olde Tyme Religion

Pope Francis: There Is ‘No Room' for Homosexuality in Priesthood

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-03 02:22|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Since there is 'no room' for sex in the Priesthood it should go without saying that homosexual sex would also be out. I'm glad he's finally looking at his own realm of responsibility but this shouldn't need to be said.

Posted by Harry Guelph4423 2018-12-03 08:48|| 2018-12-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 unlike the last 2000 years?

Posted by Jumbo Angoluger8110 2018-12-03 13:12|| 2018-12-03 13:12|| Front Page Top

#3 He doesn't mention 'pedophilia', though.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-12-03 13:39|| 2018-12-03 13:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Some of the problem is the celibacy enforced on the RC priesthood. Most of the original apostles were married men, after all.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-03 13:40|| 2018-12-03 13:40|| Front Page Top

#5 You know what's really hilarious? People still think that the Catholic Church has ever been anything but a criminal organization that has separated guilty rulers and obedient peasants from their cash. Every Attila needs his Witch Doctor, as Ayn Rand would say.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2018-12-03 16:41|| 2018-12-03 16:41|| Front Page Top

#6 AH9418, the enforced celibacy is (and has been) financial in nature, not so much the scriptural aspects. A Bishop once told me that we'd see women priests in the church long before married ones.

The parishes historically provide housing and transportation, plus a small salary for food and necessities. And the US 2017 maximum salaries for a RC priest ranged from $29,744 in the West region to $44,417 in the Midwest (don't know about the east coast or southern folks).

If you start adding the housing/food/other costs for spouses and children into the mix, the parishes would revolt.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-12-03 17:19|| 2018-12-03 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 "... Pope Francis said in an upcoming book..."

since the book doesn't have a publication date or even apparently a title, basically this is just speculation

Posted by lord garth 2018-12-03 18:15|| 2018-12-03 18:15|| Front Page Top

#8 parishes would revolt.

Protestant and Jewish congregations manage to pay their religiious staff enough to support families without fussing, Mullah Richard, as do Orthodox Christians. And Orthodox Christians, like the Catholics, fund priestly education, whereas Protestants and Jews pay their own way. It’s all a matter of expectations.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-03 23:35|| 2018-12-03 23:35|| Front Page Top

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